Re: Barley Free?

Not sure that anything gets through the distillation process for you to worry about. However, that aside, there are options. Barley is not required for bourbons but may be present. Also Old Potrero does a single malt rye.

Re: Barley Free?

My immediate thought was Old Potrero. And as already mentioned the 100% corn whiskies. Most whisky does contain malted barley for the enzymes, often 10-20% for that reason alone, so most rye whisky etc. will contain barley malt (rye mashbills of 95% rye are common, and the 5% will usually be barley). Look out for those that state 100% rye or 100% spelt etc.. A huge variety of single grain whiskies are made, however most will be small operations.

There are people out there with barley allergies that can consume malt/barley whisky, maybe there is a safe tolerance level for yourself, you just need to find it. Either way research on most particular whiskies will reveal the mashbill.